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she.qel H8255

שֶׁ֫קֶל (she.qel) means “shekel” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

שֶׁ֫קֶל Hebrew · H8255 88 tagged occurrences in 54 verses

Pronunciation guide: sheh'-kel Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H8255

שֶׁ֫קֶל · she.qel · shekel

1) shekel 1a) the chief unit of weight or measure 1a1) gold-1/10000 of a talent and equal to 220 grains 1a2) silver-1/3000 of a talent and equal to 132 grains 1a3) copper-1/1500 of a talent and equal to 528 grains Aramaic equivalent: te.qel (תְּקֵל "shekel" H8625B)

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from H8254 (שָׁקַל); probably a weight; used as a commercial standard

KJV glosses: shekel.

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How translators render H8255

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
shekels 47
shekel 28
will sell for a shekel 3
sold for a shekel 2
the shekel 2
a shekel 1
for a shekel 1
of a shekel 1
to the shekel 1
which weighs 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
shekels 45
after the shekel 24
for a shekel 6
a shekel 4
and the shekel 2
of a shekel 2
by shekels 1
shall be according to the shekel 1
shall be the shekel 1
shekel 1
the shekel 1

Verses containing H8255

Page 2 of 2. 54 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Jeremiah 32:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So I bought the field in Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel, and I weighed out seventeen shekels of silver.

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  2. Ezekiel 4:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You are to weigh out twenty shekels of food to eat each day, and you are to eat it at set times.

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  3. Ezekiel 45:12 · BSB · 4 occurrences

    The shekel will consist of twenty gerahs. Twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels will equal one mina.

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  4. Amos 8:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales.

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Sources and text

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